Isaiah 9:15

9:15 The leaders and the highly respected people ¹  are the head,

the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Ezekiel 8:12

8:12 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? ²  For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”

Ezekiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ³  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ⁴  anyone!

[9:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the elder and the one lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “the room of his images.” The adjective “idolatrous” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:5]  ³ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.